The Cambria Daily Leader

THE FUND", Splendid Progress. Result of Drapers. Day. Some Magnificent Contributions. TO-DAY: £ 4,767. The Widows' and Orphans' Fun-J 1: Hi; turncd the corner, if ever there- were a corner to turn. It is now plainly assured of success. Mr. Stanley Cook, the hard- working chairman, whose whole i fcoul is alight with enthusiasm for j the cause, believes that the £10,000 will be in hand before the close of thp. year. However that may be, it is abso- j lutely certain that in the early months of next year that sum will be definitely secured. To-day we have a large number of magnificent contributions to acknowledge. Take for instance the resuli" of Drapers' 33ov. .L v THE DRAPERS. I-rom the house of Mr. William Edwards, J.P., Oxford-street, the hon. treasurer has received a cheque for £30, being the amount colletced from the staff of the Oxford-street Huuse. on Monday. Mr. Edwards was so satisfied with the excellent response of the btaJf to such a deserving cause that, although lie had already sub- scribed < £ 35 he at, once decided tj send in another £35. and thus the total of the principal and staff of the house of Edwards is zElOO. From the house of Mr. H ichard Lewis, J.P., High-street, we are informed that the result of the staff collection was £ 6 10s. 6d., and other amounts which are already to hand as the result of Drapers' Day are as follows:—Lewis Lewis and Co., £ 2 10s. D. C. Jones and Sons, £ 4: Morgan Jenkins and Son, £ 2 10s. A number of other houses &ve, we -happastt to know, re- sponding in a similar fine way. THE AUCTIONEERS. A subscription of £5 announced in to-day's list which will be found (together with the full Chamber of Commerce hst and complete list to date) on Page Eight, from Mr. John Oliver Watkins, auctioneer, St. HelenVroad. gives a lead to the Swansea, auctioneers and valuers. In the past they have been splendid friends of the Fund, and it is confidently expected that they will ayain show their sympathy in a very substantial way. From the Swansea shipwrights there comes a donation of £ -4 5s. To-day's con- tributions are unusually interesting, as our readers ,iIl see if they turn to the acknowledgments on Page Eight. W -CHURCHES AND THE FUND. We announced yesterday that I Pell-st. Primitive Methodist Chapel is holding. a retiring collection for the Fund next Sunday evening. To- day we have to announce that the Lhyddings Park C.M. Church has already made such a collection (on /Sunday eve last), and that it realised £ 2 6s. 4d. Mr. R. Lewis, jn sending that amount, mentions .that it, would have been larger but for the fact that the church is mak- jng a big effort to collect a large amount to present to their own ,i who took part in the war. Mr. J H. Weils, hon. see. of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church ■writes that it. is intended to take up retiring collection in that church, ■while Alexandra-road C.M. Church and St. Paul' s Congregational Church, have, fixed Sunday even- ing, J)cc. 21st. for the collection. If the sees, cf-tlie other ''hnrches who have come to a decision on. the matter will forward the dates on -which the collections are to be t iken, they will be announced here. ITHE CHAMBER: GRAIGOLA- MERTHYR'S GIFT. On Page Eight our readers will see the magnificent, result already achieved by the two stewards ap- pointed by the Swansea Chamber of Commerce. Mr. A. Vk. E. AVynne and Mr. Paul Cocks- Their list is already well over £ 2.000, and they hope before they conclude '.t t., reach the feature of to-day's list is a very fine con- tribution of £ 210 from the Graigola C.,u. to the £ 250 iioirt U the Swansea Red Cross Society, this is the biggest gift yet, although there is very good ground fnr saying that others of like value &t-w to follow. j ViORRISTON'S QUOTA, A report of a meeting at Morris ton, where a deputation was very FvmpathetieaPy received and pro  of next column. ) i (Continued at foot of next column.) 6.

LOCAL "TRANSPORTII  TROUBLES. I I I Question In House. i After Uio work of administrating to the I Muustry of Transport by the meeting of manufacturers and others, held in Swan- sea last week, wlJich decided to approach the Prime Minister directly regarding the delays in transport, Sir Eric Geddes I is beginning to move. Mr. Will Thorns asked him in Parlia- ment on. Monday if lie was aware that the manufacturers' conference had been held; if he was aware ot 'the chaotic con- ditions of railway transport, and alto- gether what he thought about it ? Sir Eric wrote in reply: I am aware of the resolution passed at the meeting at Swansea on the 1st December, and am in communication with the Welsh Plate and Sheet Manufacturers' Association and the general managers of the companies con- cerned on the subject. Enquiries at Swansea Metal Ex-change on Tuesday elicited the fact that, not- withstanding the fact that Sir Eric Geddes has taken the matter upon him- self, arrangements have been made for I the reception by the Prime Minister on1 Thursday of a deputation of South Wales ¡ manufacturers. I

I WELCOMED HOME. I I I Rousing Reception for I; Carpentier. • PAP IS, Monday (received Tuesday). Georges C-arpentier was this evening accorded a cc-sdia! welcome by an immense crowd, thern being well over ten thousand persons. The barriers at the station were broken down despite the efforts of the police, and Carpenlier was borne in triumph by four pairs of roubust arms. The enthusiasm of his admirers was in- describal^e. MORE BIDDNG FOR THE DEMPSEY FIGHT. PARIS, Tuesday, M. Decoin, manager of the Paris Won- derland, is ready to put down a million francs as a guarantee against" Dempsey. who has not announced bis terms. Carpentier said he would prefer to meet Dempsey in France.

POLICE RAID HOTEL. I I Many Defendants in I Licensing Case. I I DEAD BEER." I At Swansea Police Court on Tuesday, Mftria Robinson (45), the licensee of t-he Shipping Hotel, Sloane-street, was sum- moned for seiliag or exposing for sale intoxicating liquor out of hours. Wil- liam Draper, fireman, was summoned for aiding and abetting, whilst Herbert Grif- fiths (55), colliery manager, RicIwnJ Littlehales, foreman, Ben Owen (30), steelworker, Emanuel John Evans (32), tinworker, Thomas Richards (28), till- I worker, were summoned for consuming intoxicating liquor in illegal hours. These last five, and Elizabeth James, Ceorge Ventures, Laura Hammacott, Minnie Draper, Mrs. Jones and Silas Howells, were summoned for being on licensed premises in illegal hours. Mr .Rupert Lewis appeared to prose- cute, and Mr. C. H. Nowconlbe repre- sented th3 landlady and two other de- fendants, and Mi Henry Thompson represented live defendants. Mr. David Clark watched the case on behalf of the owners. POLICEMEN'S VIGIL. Mr. Rupert Lewis said the alleged offence took place on Saturday nigllt, November 15th. P.C. Gordge happened to be passing the Shipping Hotel at about 10.30 when he heard the sound of bottles being moved about and corks be- ing drawn. He kept watch with another plain clothes officer, P.C. FrankJyn. At ten to eleven, they saw a man and woman leave the premises, and these two returned twenty minutes later. At 11.20, two women came up the street and went to the door of the house. As they did so the officers came along, and entered the house with them, one or the women saying, I hope you are not two detectives. As soon as they had got in- side one of the women went upstairs. Just inside the door the officers were met by Stanley Johnston, the landlady's son, whjO barred the entrance. That in itselt, contended Mr. Lewis, showed a guilty conience, because if there were noth- ing wrong going on inside why should the police be impeded? They asked the i .son who was in the house, but he refused to reply, and one of the women was heard to say as she went upstairs, d Police." IN THE HOUSE. In the smoke-room upstairs were found the landlady and her daughter, two women and five men, whilst there were eight pint measures of beer on the table, six full and two partly full. The land- lady offered the .explanation that.S&gN Idwe: deacl plllt6, and the SOIlW i1!: t: | idea (said Mr. Lewis) of showing tht're was nothing wrong, remarked, You did not see beer served." Three men were seen actually consuming beer at that time. In the public bar down- stairs, one defendant was seen to con- sume some stout. "When the lana'<idy was spoken to about all these people \be- ing on the Wemises after hours, she made no reply. One defendan t,Draper, was understood to have come in to clean up. Mrs. Robinson was also told that Littlehales had been seen to con- sume drink, and she said, "I did Hot give it to him." A little while after- wards there was a rap at the door, and a voice called out, Are the boys ready | yet?" a motor ear having arrived to take some of them away. P.C. (88) Gordge gave evidence. A LETTER. I At this juncture Mr. ?Otvcombe nskeu permission to see a letter sent to Onpta'n Thomas (the Chief Constable) by Mr. Joseph Hall, J.P., and it was said t-hat Mrs. Draper cleaned 1h. Josepk Hall's offices on the Docks. The letter was handed to the advocate, but Mr. Rupert Lewis objected to it being plit.,ill. Mr. Newcombe then proceeded to cross- examine witness on the letter, but the magistrates' clerk (Mr. J. W. Thorpe) said he could not proceed like that. The Clerk said the prosecution could put the letter in with the consent of the defendants, if they chose to do so. In further croas-examination it was ascertained that there was another man, Wm. Henry Griffiths, of Gorseinon, but he had not been served, as he had gone away. Herbert Griffiths, ot Trefcanos, was a cousin of Mrs. Eobinson. Witness said that just before he left he was told that the Cilr had called to take Herbert Gril- fitlis home. "DEAD BEER." [ In reply to Mr. Thompson, witness ad- mitted that the five Gorseinon defendants stayed at the hotel overnirht. Replying to advocate's contention that the beer he saw on the table was dead beer, witness said, I don't believe from my knowledge iiiiniin nittir(, that ei^lit men would leave mugs of beer to remain on the fable for one and a half hours/* (Laugh- ter.) The defendant ITowells was-no | seen to drink -it all. neither was tlJéi"è'\ a* measure c-t beer on the tahle tor him. P.C. Franklyn corroborated- After Mr. Newcombe and Mr. Thomp- son had addressed the. Bench for the de- I fence, Mrs. Robinson gave evidence on her own behalf. (Proceeding.)

OLD LADY'S DEATH. i Treatment of No Avail. An inquest was held at Swansea on Mon- day by the Swansea Borough Coroner on Ann Keddon (791, who died on Saturday l-a.ct. Deceased's daughter, Mrs. Aiinie Da-vies, Jlayhill Farm. Garden City, said her mother had been ill for some years, and lived with her. She did not care for a doctor or medicines, and had never taken any ,medicine in her life before fast Febru- ary. when Dr, Porter had given her some. She had suffered from cancer in the stomach. It ws only after great per- suasion she had taken the medicine Dr. Porter prescribed. Dr. Porter said be examined the body on -ilonday mornitig. Deceased's case wae one where treatment was jof no avail. Death was due to cancer. A rerdict accordingly was returned.

Ed. J. Harris and Wm. John. tabouret. were at Aberavon on Monday committed lor trial on a charge of breaking and en- tering the Co-operative Stores, Cyturner, and stealing a quantity uf boots and I clothes. P.S. McGovern arvested the pris- oner. )

I COST OF ARMY. I j Big New Year Estimates I The Army Estimates for tjie financial year 1919-20, issued to-day, show the total number of men required for the period is 2,800,000, and the cash required for Army services is £405,000,000. The imbiber of men remaining on j March 31st 1020, is expected to fall to 'j'Ml.OOO British and 100,000 Indian troops, some of whom will at that date be in the process of demobilisation. ARMY OF THE RHINE. ) The Army of the Kliine at the com- j menceinent of the current year was! placed at 103,000; the Armies of the. Middle La-sl at 308,000; Homo* and I Colonial establishments, including Russia, 210,000; or a total of 952,000, with 1,518,000 ifl course of demobilisation. The main- tenance of the standing army was esti- mated to cost £ 2(58,531,000, and the Terri- torial Forces and Volunteers £] ,3J9,000. The cost of educational establishments, hospital depots, etc., is placed at £ 21,120,000, War Office Command and I Colonial staffs at £ (>,909,000; terminal and miscellaneous at £ 114,493,000; retired pay and pensions at C5,378,000. The cash pav- ments chargeable to the Army funds amount to five hundred million pounds, I but the receipts are placed at ninety-five Millions, thus reducing the net estimates I THE ARMIES OF OCCUPATION. j The cost of armies of occupation is I given as £ 152,618,000, and the home and Colonial forces at £ 120,889.000. The i amount required for Army pay is j £ tl8.500,000; for separation allowance, 533.000,000; for provisions, 45,750,000; and for clothing, £ 20,000,000. I

i I BAR CUTTERS. I I Joint TinplateConference on I Wednesday. i On," Tin pi ate Trade corr&'p?nd?nt I ?rade cr)i-rLzj?,onderit I am informed to-day th&t a joint I meeting of reprcs^n .iff lens of employers and the workmen concerned has been nr- j ranged for to-morrow (Wednesday*, when file claims o fthe Barcutters in the vari- ous mills in the trade will be considered. It will be remembered that there was ?bc danger of a stoppage of work where  th?c cutters and pLcklers were concerned 'A ic,v day z ago. The number engaged at this particular job varies according to the number of I mills in operation, any number from two to eight men being employed by each firm

ANNEALERS' PRESENTATION I II. The tinplate annealevs at the Dockers' J j NaU. Swansea, pr?-entpd Bio. Rees Wil- ilp:ns ?TMhapb? ??? ? pnrtA'? of ?'n- and a wallet of money. Mr. James Rabv (iAforrist-oii) presided, and Hie secre- tary was Bro. T. If. !?|pruggon (Cwm- felin). The presentation was made by Coun- cillor W. L. Williams (Kidwelly), sup- ported by CoTtnciHor Wm. Lewis (Port TaH>ot), I

By the death on Monday morning of Mr. Thomas Healo, Stanley-road. Skewen, weigher at Cwrt Herbert pit, the Main Colliery Co. Ibses one of its oldest and must respected employes. He had been lrl failing health ior wme licit.

NATIONALISATION. j Considered by Trades] Union Congress. 1 A Warning to Premiere Between seven and eight; hllndnd dele- gates. representing over five ill inion workers, attended a special Trades Union Congress, which opened this morning in the Central Hall. London. The object of the Congress was 10 consider tiik, nationalisation of mines, the cost uf living, profiteering, unemployment, th. continuance of Conscription, British r polieyin Russia, and the. creation of a general staff for labour. i Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., the new chair- man of the Parliamentary Committee, presided ?or the first time at a Trades J Union Congress. j CONSIDERED JUDGMENT. in. opening, Mr. 1 nomas dealt witn tha j question t)f ion of Mines, which, he said, was the considered judg- j ment of an almost unanimous movement. j Coal to-day, lie said, is an industry more [ essential than ever, but its handling by i the State, whether through ignorance or intention, has disgusted the owners, irri- j tated the miners, and bewilderMthe pubUc. This will be used as an argumeut I against State ownership. If our claim j was a continuance of the present: system, I the public might well say Save us from j any such scheme." Our proposals were j submitted to Government by a joint com- nuttee of the Parliamentary Committee and the Miners' Federation, and the reply I was a refusal on the part of the Govern- j ment You are called together to deter- t mine your future action. It would be j idle to minimise the importance or the conscquences of your decision. That de- I e is ion must not be determined by con- j sideration of the miners alone, but in the ) interests of the community as a whole, j Wo must demonstrate to the public the ] justice of our case and the fairness of our methods. Five and a quarter millions or organises.! workers arc a power second to none in the country. t n THE RESPONSIBILITIES. j out there would he no greater danger than for this power to he utilised without regard to the responsibilities it ci)rrie(-t with it. We are taking the first steps in the control by the State of its mineral j wealth, so that human life can be made i i;be first and primary consideration of the interests of the few, subordinated to the well-being of the many. (Cheers). POLITICAL SIDE. I The political side of the trade iini. oni movement, Mr. Thomas sajd, could, tor This purpose, b? an instnunent as pcacc? ful as industrial action; it was not so i costly and less inconvenient, industrial action would often be unnecessary if the workers did their duty at the ballot box. Mr. Frank Hodge* yave details of tjif-. had' with the J.Jiiui;- • Milli ter on the subject., and stated tUltc the Government did not go even isq far as •Sir Arthur Duekham inùicHted. Tht>,y might go. X RESOLUTION TO DEFER. Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., moved a reso- lution deciding to defer the decision of the Congress on the action of the" Gov- ernment until an adjourned Congress, to be held after the assembling of Parlia- ment next year, when the trade union movement would be called upon to give effect to the resolution of the Glasgow Trades Union, Congress, unless the Gov- ernment had in the interim decided to introduce legislation accepting the prin- ciple of the nationalisation of coal mines. The resolution of the Glasgow Congress stated that in view of the Government re- fusing to accept the position, a special Congress should be convened for the pur- pose of deciding the form of action to be taken to compel the Government to ac- cept the majority report ot the Coal Commission. Mr. Thomas said the Prime Mini> ster j will burn h fingers through playing will btirii lii* fiiag with coal unless he is exceedingly careful. (Laughter and cheers). IN CONFUSION. Mr. W. Brace, M.P., seconding. said the nahnn mutt have coal or perish. It Yonld not cet it to-day, because the mine owners wefe ca' cannying. The industry "as in a state of confusion, and it would he better to go hack to the old system of private ownership and control than to continue things as they were now. Mr. Tom Mann V-i)oke in support of the resolution, and urged preparation for action. I Mr. Jack Jones, M.P.. believed a little bit of industrial power would demonstrate io Hie Government that the workers were in earnest. THE ONLY LEVER. Mr. Rob?Snnfhe said they were ask-, i!? the Congress to delay action until here had been certain propaganda. He bad not the slightest hope that if there was a general election to-morrow, .the Government would allow them to fighf it on the question of the ationnl- I isatioii of., t lir mines. They would ;'se the 'chloroform agi ill, and evt:i ;:<hnv., in their prvw< £ to hnv» it fought ilt something dfoe. 'There, is nothing,"J declared Mr. SmUlie, that will nlOHt this Government but indus- trial force. (Cheers.) It was not the miners, but the Government, v/ho were FLEECING THE PUBLIC. and fleecing them for a purpose. Their opponen ts would not scruple to bring into the market coal which was at pre- sent supplied hy British mineowners, if it were to defeat the movement of organ- ised labour. I hope the Government will take a wise action, and agree to nationalisation (concluded Mr. Smillie), but I don't think they will. In the event of their (Pi-oo

I SIR A. MOND. Still Indisposed., Sir Alfred Mond, First Commissioner of Works, is indisposed and confined to his room at Molehet Court. He will be unable to fulfil his public* engagements this week. A later message says that Sir Alfred I Mond is

j TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL. I I Oxford v. Cambridge. | I Oxford v. Cambridge, I I Half-time score: I CAMBKIDGK I luec Points. I I OXFORD—Nil. I

I THE METAL MARKET. Tinplate market, goud; prices ad- vancing with cost ov raw 'material, Jnore especially in vjn, Jes .or j 12 blcevs, 17s. bu- to 4s. fcd. l'C» r.o.b. ¡"r..tî:ta. ;L:'2! ba-rs, li 1 Tiki. TO-DAY S FACING. I i .lialrav. S.j—d!tBnyt?oi\ ?, ?m?-ha?ay ?, Sanly Cua a.Sine ran. Betciag: 109 to S Suiuiycrofi' a fo 1 Sl, 1." diaway, 3 to 1 .Sandy Cuba, I TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL. Oxit-rd. five pis., Cambridge seven, « 1 ft V?..

TO-DAY S RACING. Leicester Meeting.  1 A—OADBY i:Uiii>.Ur HACE PL?TE <? t. 100 60Y6. Two mi)6K. fr Wren's iXLHAN J' m a U-15 Payne I Ù. Hosan's MANISTEE MAHKET 4 11-9 Glaeier 2 Ira Booth's GOVERNOR WOOD. 6 11-13 Roberts 3 Al-sc) ran: Bobbylazzler Tryboat, New Time Annoya. Gypsy Kiziw. Chubb Sou 0' Lee, Hotige Dragon, Li vein o. Thymbra. Off 1.4. Trainer- Payne. Bettinn; 3 to 1 Indian Fçat. 7 to 2 Au- élnya, 9 to 2 Thymbra 6 to 1 Mani.eter Mar- ket.. 7 to 1 Toyboat. 100 to 7 others. Five lengths: six. OA -WIGSTON THREE YEAR OLD •OU CELLING HURDLE RACE of 150 sove. x4i!e and a half. ? Hartley's LADAlLE 10-7 Elliott 1 ,T.r Cummins' WOOD ANT 10-7 Newe.v 2 Hv W. Williams' ROYAL TEIXTEESS, 10-7 Bletsoe Also ran" Bent Book fBulIo?k) .1?,,Iimail .83 :>al (Owner), .Mow?li'e Bride (Hehir; M?s- >lia. (Payne). Off 1.31 Trainer: Tins-ley. Bcttins: 2 to 1 Wood Ant. 9 to 4 Ladaile. 5 t.(l 2 JIayriiolia. JffO to 8 others Threc-pat'le u1 a lensth: five leiiizths. ) A—LEICESTER H&NDICAP HURDLE ?<U RACE of ICOso?. Two mHw Black's SHERWOOD FORESTER. 4 12-0 Casebourne 1 Brown's APPLETON. 6" '2-7 ..Brown 2 Rigging' ULLSW ATER a 12-1.Pigg-ott 5 Also ran: Palmorstown (Saxbyi. Lanct- rier (Bullock), Slave. Crag (Brooks). Off 2.0. Trainer: CatJehonrne. Betting: 7 to 4 Armleton, 3 to 1 Ullswater. -1 to 1 Slave Crag. 11 to 2 Sherwood Forester. I to 1 others. Lenrth aud a half; four. ?? QA-GEEN SELLING STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 150 ?ve. T?vo miles. Lea's GEORGE B. a 11-5 (Mr H. Brown) walked over no 0—SILEBY HANDICAP STEEPLE- U CHASE of 150 sovs. Three miles, "ir Sanday'e FARGITE a 11-5 W. Smith 1 Capt. R de Trafford's CARRIG-RUE a 11-2 If Brown 2 :1" T. O'Brien's SHANBALLY. a* 10.6 Glasier 3 Also TaM Ballymendell (I. Anthony), Hit). n'inrr Water (Dainty) Off 3.1. Trainer: Sardfty.

STOLEN CANVAS. Witness Who Heard the Ripping. 'Vm. MiIIa.r. 95, Old Castle-road, LJaneUy, proceeded against on Monday for reeling a piece of canvas, value %is.. the "operty of the Llanelly Steam Ijanndry Co., Ltd. Mr. A. G. Brown dofended/ For the prosecution, it was alleged that oofendant ripped the canvas off a ran out- Wde a. garage, and two witnesses, who •aid I they hearrf the canvas being ripped, identi- fied the defendant as the person they saw umediately afterwards rolling up the mnvas. The defendant denied being near tb. place, and aaid an injury which he MM- 1-iined at the works precluded him from biing 11lr the spot. The Bench impose a fine of Z2.

70 MEET CAMBRIDGE. ¡ New Swansea inside Half. 1 the Swansea team to oppose Cam- bridge University at St. Helens on Thurs- day will comprise the following:— Jce Hee s C. Kow lands, Evan Grey, .T. j Je?'rey?, F. P?Impr; I). J. Benne?t and Ben Boynon; (from) Tom Parker, Tom I Williams, Tom Morgan, H. Huxbbl, í Madden Jones, A E. Jenkins, A. Evans, ¡I I Syd Parker, Alf John and D. J. John. It will be noticed that Bennett, who I' has been' playing finel), for the Seconds, displaces Willie Jones. I LLANELLY TEAM CHANGES.! I In the Llanelly team to meet Pen-arth I at Stradfy on Saturday, there are two J changes. Hugh Jones, the Scarlets full- buck. who is now at Cardiff University, and WJlO played such a brilliant game in I the trial match at jSeath'on Saturday, will I be the custodian in place of Dick Bavies, who appears in the reserve list. The other change is in the forwards, where P.C. W. Ke-es has rccpn-pd pref&rcnM ovfr Reee ¡ Williams. The team will be as foHows:— Hugh Jones; Albert Jenkins (capt.), Bryn I Evans, I I.C., Bryn Williams. Frank Evans; S. Congden and T A. Jones; T. I J. Bowen. Edgar Morton, Bobbie Evans, George Morgan, For. J. Stephens, Joe Owen. David J. Phillips, and PC. W. l.vees. I I HOLIDAY GAMES. 1 I 1"u -1 I" Tim e -*fH" otra- -wecfltli' erf- talent t 1 I command of the Llanelly Pusrby Football Club Committee for the Christmas holi- day matches, as several Lhinelly players of, liigli reputation will be at home from various parts of the country. These in- I I elude Hush Jones (Cardiff University), Major Xicholl Roderick i Graham Da vies (Guy's Hospital). A. H. Tinbshaw I {Cambridge), Rev. W. T. Havard and Gwyn Francis (Oxford), and Willie Watts (Leicester).

You can have her; she is no good to me," said Evan Jones, Cilyrychen Farm, Llandobie, on finding his sheepdog, which had no muzzle or collar, in charge of P.S. Morgan. Llandebie. He was fined 12s. altogether at tha Ammanford Court on Monday. Failure to comply with the regulations requiring front and rear lights on bicycles and other vehicles led to the appearance of several defendants at the Llandilo Police 'Court, ahd the imposition, of lines i-oniing from 7s. 61. to £1.

TO-DAY'S WIRES. I CANNIBALISM IN VIENNA. Rome. Monday (received to-day).—The Vatican has received news from Vienlia. i confirming the report that the starving people iare eating human flesh. j ( SETTLEMENT WITH D'ANNUNZIO. j Rome, Tuesday. The Council of Ministers yesterday held a meeting I itfter which the internal prolilei-as were | exhaustively considpred. It is under- stood that a spttlem?nt has been reached 1 [•vith D'Annunzio.—Exchange. ) I -.AA -Jft. I

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AMBULANCE CLASSES. I Use of Valley School Refused. I At a meeting of the Pontardawe school managers on Monday afternoon a ?p?te?' was received from the Glamorgan Educa- tion Committee refusing sanchon to the I holding of an ambulance class at Riios, I i'ontardawe. The announcement was received with a I cliorue of Hear, hear.

PENRHIWCEIBER OALL. I I Llanelly Pastor Invited. I The Rev W. J. Williams, Pastor or Calf aria Baptist Church, Llanelly, ha.; received an invitation' to the postorate of am English. Church at Penrhiwceiber. -Afr,. W-"Iliinis, Ni-Ito i., aO't* samlot, came to Llanelly three years ago I from LeCorston, Pembrokeshire.

I CHALLENGE SH I ELD. I A meeting of the Bristol and West of England Society was held at Nenth to formally present the Challenge Shield to tile Juvenile Branch. This was done at the School Room. Afelyn, where about 200 children sat down to tea. At the Gwyn H a 11 the samo evening the freueral E. Fox) and the General Manager (Mr. N. J Pulling) addressed the meeting on the benefits of the National Health c Insurance, and the Importance of all members interesting themselves in this great quo-tion. The doctor and the a clinic" system was VPVV ably dea L: with. Mr. J Call occupied the chair. Air. T. Jenkins fSecrot.iry'i and W. J. Curtis carried out the whole of the arrange- faents. Iiss W Richards presided at the piano, thp meeting being interspersed with music.

j (Continued from preceding .column.) mised substantial support from the district, appears on Page Nine. A Swansea councillor (who ap- pears in the list as "127 ") assisted to get a soldier demobilised, and his brother scut him 5s. for" nost- a'?es/ The coT-indUoy told him he should snd it- to the Fund, and he si?(I It? to tl-je F'iincl, a-Li d )1(4 THE POETRY COMPETITION. Intending competitors for the prize of two guineas offered by Councillor John Lewis for three verses of po-etry in English on the efforts of the Fund, will please bear in rnind that to-morrow (Wedries* day) is the last day for sending 'rr their productions to the" Leader" Office. Bards and poets will readily understand that it is a good prize offered on a good subject, foi- -i good cause. I THE WHIST DRIVE. There is time for another re- minder to those who intend attend- ing the great Whist Drive and l Dance in the Hotel Metropole on I Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. There arc full particu- lars in the advertisement columnl